Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

&c. coo 900 francs worth of eggs are annually
| imported into Belgium.
The list of membership OF the American
| Shipping and Industrial League Is about
10000 persons. all pledged to support such
men for Congress as will advance the inter-
ests of the American merchant marine.
| MICHIGAN wolves have been killing the
deer in the Upper Peninsula in large num-
! bers. The heavy SHOWS greatly impede the
movements OF the deer, while wolves bound
| along easily on the crust, through which the
| sharp hOofs of the deer cut.
| JAMES HUBBARDT, of Indianapolis. was lc2
years Old on Saturday. He Is member of the
TIpuecanoe Club, which expected to give him
banquet, but he was too feeble to attend:
His father lived 90 his grandfather lO2, and
his great grandfather l05 years.
THE sewing machine industry has become
SO Improbable that the largest manufacturers
IN Berlin are reducing their operations and
turning their attention to other trades. One
firm has reduced It's force of 1000 TO 400 men,
and has begun to manufacture automatic
weighing macn nes
"RoBHRT," an old black horse that carried
Gen. Hartrantt during the first Blu l Run and
was ridden by him over other 'fOughten
fields" died last Thursday at Bridgeport, Pa,
aged 80 years. When he was in his prime
Robert was quick one, and had a 2:42 record
on the Norristown track.
ANARCHIST PARSONS and his more Anarch-
ist wife have bright little girl, Lulu Ida.
While the father awaits the death penalty
and the mother lectures about the country,
the little j-y ear old lives with Mr.. Rsider
IN Chicago. 1t ia said that she already shows
remarkable Evolutionary ability.
THE AMERICAN BOY who has learned that
George Washington could not tell q lie must
not forget his German brother, who also glori-
hes truthful ancestor. Bismarck when only
t0d ms inVyn for fttt n ht
promptly owning up TO his father that 1t W 8
he W no broke the statue of Hercules In a PARK
AT kniephof, with stone thrown by him at a
bird.
A NUMBER of irate bibliophiles, according
to the London correspondent of The Book
Buyer, are about to start publication called
The Book Stealer. 1t will contain the names
and addresses of the borrowers of books, the
date OF borrowing, and traphic descrl ption
of the state OF volumes returned-if such an
occurrence should by any chance happen.
Grievances connected with book lend NJ VIII
also be discussed. 1t is limited that actions
for libel may not lmprobabIy act prejudiclaly
on the success OF The periodical.
BRAKEMAN on the Lebanon Valley rail-
road is Keeping an account of the number OF
ramps he sees walking on the railroad each
| day. His record shows over 300 persons on
DOT between Lebanon and Reading during
| the month of February. Up to March
| nearly the same number have been nOted, and
many OF these jumped on the trains whenever
/ they had good chance to DO 50. A FIRE gut
| car ODene IN Lebanon had twenty trampe IN
1t. At some points fifteen to twenty tramps
were seen travelling ogether. and a one
| legged man was noticed leading blind one.
THE rapid growth and breeding qualities of
the German carp, which is now the favorlte
fish Tor stocking ponds in Western states, are
a matter of astonishment to fishermen, A
| typical instance OF its fecundty is hat re-
/ az nar n Eafp G,IA T..
| Four years ago he started a pond with three
| small carp, and this year he reports his stool
at 100 In the mean llme he has solo
| hundreds for stocking ponds In various parts
| of the State. The fish have attained Great
| size and are said to be very tame. Their flesh
| is somewhat ike that of the buffalo fish, and
Is rather coarse-grained for the table.
A CORRESPONDENT tells the Hartford Times
the following story: On March IS, l7g
| (ninety years ago., men were fishing for oh ad
in the Connecticut river, near Hidden Island
and catching them, too. Snow covered tn,
ground. And during the day there was
severe thunder storm, and Benjamin Tyler
one OF the men, was killed by stroke o.
| lightning. SO 1t seems they had thunder anC
| lightning and snow all on the same day A
| daughter of Mr.. Tyler is now living in Ones
| ter-9l years oil widow Of the late StepheI
| L'Hommedleu, and she, in u recent interview
confirmed the above story as | have told 1t
| / think we have nothing at the present day
that Will match that.
| REAL ESTATE SPECULATION has been made
IN Los Angeles, Cal. When ordinary attrac
tons began to fail some time ago, agents who
were laying out paper towns used bands of
music and free lunches to attract customers.
| When the smallpox scare set in some week
| ago, they offered free vaccination 10 every
| purchaser OF a lot; but the climax has now
| been reached. Recently another paper town
| was laid out. and IL was advertised that the
town would b. offered for sale at O'Clock on
| Lar hn
! lines of men and boys were formed In th,.
street in front OF the real estate office osten-
! siby eager purchasers of lots. and they
camped all night in the street lest the coyeted
re Al estate should take wings and fly away in
| the night.
| 1T is said that there is minimum of do
mestc happiness being enjoyed by the i'm
perlal family of Observation-Disclosures ding the
ties OF mutual dangers. The fount of all the
trouble 10 the Car himself, who OF late has
developed greater eccentriclLies of Tanner
than ever. BY FAR the severest sufferer is the
Czarlna, who has not only to bear her own
burden, but tina Of her semi attic son
whom she is ever defending against hi
father. The Grand Dukes share u the gen
eral dissenslon, and altogether a very painful
state of affairs exists. The Car, VINO com
| pleted mis- 42d year last week, Is, with the ex
ception OF he baby King of Spain, he Young
est OF european monarehs. In The autumn "a
| his majesty Will join the ever-lncreasln U
ranks OF royal and imperial authors by pub
| fishing his diaries, which are TO be illustrated
| by Zlchy, The hungarian artist.
PROMINENT Meadville. Pa, clothing mer-
chant is the possessor of very fl ne new calf.
| Friday night was quite cold, and the owner
of the calf. thinking to make 1t comfortable.
wrapped IL up in a large blanket and fastened
/ the blanket on with nftcen feet of clol H.
| line. " hen he went to the stable in the morn
| ing the ca was standing on the blanket and
| the rope had disappeared entirely. The gem
| tIeman fed the calf Us morning milk. which
| IL drank with the greediness of staryaLion
After swallowing its milk the Young bovine
| seemed sort OF Restless, as though IL wanted
| more. or had got Too much, or something OF
| that sort, It's actions seeming so uu-calf-like
| that the proprlJor's vile prled its mouth one n,
| to see what was the alter. Somethi n @
| which looked like knot on the end of a rone
| was seen in the Calls mouth. The 'soIne-
| thing" vas taken hold of and pulled and re .
luctantly that calf yielded up just fifteen feet
| OF rope.
PROF. BAIRD says there is nothing to pre-
vent fish from living an incred BILE humble
OF years and growing to an enormous size.
and cites in proof Of the statement an inn
mense pike living in Russia whose age dates
| back to the fifteenth century. Apropos of
| this, well known Canadian artist now in
| New York says that while travelling In Brl tisb
| Columbia few months ago he wa- shown 4
| gigantic sturgeon which was declared bv the
| people to have lived in the waters OF the
| Fraser river, to their certain knowledge.
time out OF mind, and which. since its capture